Chapter 11: The Shadow Axe Slashes Across Everything, the Arrogant Goddess Mentor.
Liu Erlong, who had been thrown off, couldn't withstand several attacks from the Crimson Flame Dragon. If it weren't for Ye Keke's Nine Heart Begonia healing outside, she would have collapsed long ago.
But just as the black Crimson Flame Dragon was about to attack Liu Erlong again, it suddenly raised its head and let out a miserable howl, spewing flames from its mouth.
Liu Erlong quickly jumped behind the black Crimson Flame Dragon, looking at Lin Fan in shock. She saw that Lin Fan's Shadow Battle Axe was deeply cutting into the black Crimson Flame Dragon's flesh.
"What is this? Is this your martial soul?" Liu Erlong looked at Lin Fan in shock.
"Stand back a bit." Lin Fan didn't explain. At this moment, the Crimson Flame Dragon was shaking its tail and attacking Lin Fan frantically. Lin Fan leaped up again and swung the Shadow Battle Axe in his hand.
"Ruthless Charge..."
It was Han Xin's first skill again. Although it wasn't teleportation, at ten times the speed, Lin Fan instantly jumped under the belly of the black Crimson Flame Dragon. Just like Han Xin in the game, he directly used the Shadow Axe to strike heavily from under the dragon's belly, piercing and launching it away.
"Bang..."
"Awooo..."
Before the black Crimson Flame Dragon could even find Lin Fan, it felt a tearing pain in its belly. Its massive body was actually sent flying.
"Double Jump..."
Lin Fan jumped again, and the Shadow Axe in his hand once again carried the piercing and launching effect of Ruthless Charge. With another strike, it instantly tore a huge wound in the black Crimson Flame Dragon's belly.
After releasing the skill, Lin Fan quickly dodged and circled around to the back of the black Crimson Flame Dragon, otherwise the blood flowing out would have given him a bath.
It seems that summoning the Shadow Axe and using skills is much more powerful.
Lin Fan was very satisfied. Whether it was Ruthless Charge or Divine Strike, the damage brought by the skills themselves exceeded his original soul power.
In this situation, summoning the Shadow Battle Axe, combined with defensive penetration, would make it virtually invincible.
"Woo..." The injured black Crimson Flame Dragon roared angrily, its body slamming wildly against the ice wall until it finally shattered completely.
Tang Yiran suddenly flashed forward, six spirit rings flashing around her, and slammed her Clear Sky Hammer heavily into the Crimson Flame Dragon's back. The black Crimson Flame Dragon's enormous eyes narrowed sharply, its life force fading, looking as if it was about to die.
Liu Erlong quickly jumped up again, unleashing her second spirit skill, Dragon Arm, and smashing it into the black Crimson Flame Dragon's head, finally killing the five-thousand-year-old black Crimson Flame Dragon completely.
Soon, a purple spirit ring appeared on the corpse of the black crimson dragon.
Liu Erlong immediately began to concentrate on absorbing the spirit ring. Absorbing a five-thousand-year spirit ring as the fourth spirit ring would be difficult even for an ordinary spirit master, but Liu Erlong, born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, possessed an incredibly resilient body due to her spirit, so it was no problem for her.
Before long, Liu Erlong had finished absorbing the spirit ring.
Her fourth spirit skill was Bloodthirsty Flames, which released powerful dragon flames forward, forming fire waves that inflicted burns—an extremely domineering ranged attack spirit skill. It was far more powerful than her third spirit skill, Thunderous Fury, and had a wider attack range.
As her level and spirit power increased, the dragon flames she could release would become even more powerful; Liu Erlong had only used it once, yet it had already consumed a considerable amount of spirit power.
Tang Yiran was quite satisfied with Liu Erlong's fourth soul skill. She looked around and said, "Alright, let's find a suitable soul beast for Xiao Fan. Let's hurry, this Star Dou Forest is fraught with danger, we shouldn't stay here long."
"By the way, teacher, what was the axe Xiao Fan used just now? Could he have twin martial souls?" Liu Erlong suddenly asked, remembering what had just happened.
Tang Yiran looked at Lin Fan and said, "Since we're all partners, there's no need to hide it. That's right, Xiao Fan does indeed have twin martial souls. His second martial soul is a mutated martial soul, but it's a weapon martial soul with extremely powerful cutting and attack capabilities. If Xiao Fan hadn't used his second martial soul just now, you wouldn't have been able to seriously injure that Crimson Flame Dragon."
Liu Erlong looked at Lin Fan in shock, "What, really twin martial souls? In the hundreds of years of the soul master world, there's only been one person with twin martial souls recorded..."
Ye Keke and Shui Yue'er also looked at Lin Fan with astonishment, after all, twin martial souls are extremely rare.
Tang Yiran said, "Of course, don't be surprised. The four of you becoming inner disciples of the Haotian Sect are no ordinary people. Coco's Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul is currently the only one of its kind in the Soul Master world, and you and Shui Yue'er are both geniuses with top-tier beast Martial Souls.
Although there's only one recorded person with twin Martial Souls, it doesn't mean there aren't other twin Martial Souls on the continent. After all, those who possess twin Martial Souls are extremely rare, and they usually prefer to hide them. If they reveal it, they're likely to attract the jealousy and assassination attempts of some Soul Masters. So I hope you won't reveal that Xiao Fan has twin Martial Souls to anyone else."
"Don't worry, teacher, I would never tell anyone about this. Xiao Fan helped me obtain a Soul Ring today, so he'll be my good friend from now on." Liu Erlong generously put her hand on Lin Fan's shoulder and leaned against him.
Ye Coco opened her big, watery eyes and said seriously, "I won't tell anyone about this either." Ye Coco seemed to be a rather obedient girl, and coupled with her mother's blow, she was now somewhat afraid and didn't like to talk much.
Although Shui Yue'er didn't speak, she nodded.
"Alright, you all rest here for a bit. I have a few words to say to Xiao Fan." After Tang Yiran finished speaking, she took Lin Fan's hand and led him to a corner, leaving the other three looking at her with surprise.
To Tang Yiran, Lin Fan was just a fourteen-year-old child, so of course she wasn't afraid. Lin Fan, however, said somewhat embarrassedly, "Teacher Yiran, please be gentle. Men and women shouldn't touch each other. They're still watching."
Lin Fan's words made Tang Yiran blush suddenly. She turned around and pinched Lin Fan, saying, "You brat, what are you pretending for? I'm asking you, you haven't added any spirit rings to your second martial soul, have you?"
Lin Fan honestly replied, "No."
Tang Yiran asked suspiciously, "Then what was that spirit skill that made you immune to damage when you approached me that day, and that speed you had just had that was almost like teleportation? Your first martial soul couldn't possibly have a spirit skill of that level."
"Well... Teacher Yiran, I can't say right now. Anyway, it's a skill similar to a spirit skill, one that can be activated without spirit rings."
Lin Fan didn't know how to explain it. He couldn't very well say that he got it from a system lottery.
"Without spirit rings? How is that possible?" Tang Yiran looked at Lin Fan curiously. "You little brat, how many secrets do you have? Can you tell me?"
Lin Fan said with a smile, "Telling you isn't impossible, but you have to be my wife. My secrets can only be told to my wife..."
Thump...
Before Lin Fan could finish speaking, he was thrown out and landed next to Liu Erlong, Ye Keke, and Shui Yue'er.
Ye Keke quickly bent down to help Lin Fan up. "Xiao Fan, are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Lin Fan struggled to stand up.
"Hmph, so embarrassing." Shui Yue'er rolled her eyes at him.
"Oh dear, you..." Lin Fan was about to speak, but seeing Shui Yue'er's cold and beautiful face, he hesitated and swallowed his words .
"Never mind, you're not bad looking, I won't hold it against you for now."
"Xiao Fan, what did you say to Teacher Yiran? Did you harass her?"
Liu Erlong stared at Lin Fan with curious eyes.
"Erlong, shut up..." Tang Yiran walked over from behind with an angry look, and Liu Erlong immediately shut his mouth obediently.
"Let's go, let's set off and find a soul beast for Xiao Fan. Xiao Fan's level isn't high, so this should be easier. Let him handle it himself later, you don't need to help him."
Tang Yiran said coldly.
"Uh... this woman, she gets angry just from flirting with her." Seeing that the other three had followed, Lin Fan also quickly stood up.
"Since I'm here, I need to find a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast to absorb its ten-thousand-year soul ring and add it to the Shadow Battle Axe. That way, I can advance to the Divine Brush level,"
Lin Fan thought to himself.
Using the Shadow Battle Axe and a couple of skills, killing a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast shouldn't be difficult. Whether she helps or not is up to her.
Just as Lin Fan was thinking this, he suddenly heard Tang Yiran say to be careful. He looked up and saw a large group of figures appearing in the Star Dou Forest ahead.
Which family are these?
Lin Fan immediately became serious. This is a chaotic world; it's perfectly normal for soul masters to start fighting at the slightest provocation.
"Stab..."
A huge purple vulture soul beast was shot down in mid-air by a poisonous thorn—the same group from before. At this moment, that group also approached.
Many of these people seemed to be carrying weapons. Ye Keke seemed to suddenly see something, became frightened, and her body trembled as she quickly retreated.
Lin Fan quickly stepped forward, grabbing her small hand and saying, "Don't be afraid, we're here."
Liu Erlong also rushed to Lin Fan's side, standing to his right, saying, "Looks like there's going to be a fight, Xiao Fan, this time I'll protect you."
Soon, the group stopped in front of Tang Yiran and Lin Fan's group of four. These were all fully armed guards... wait, those uniforms... they look like the Spirit Hall.
That's right, Lin Fan had previously studied at the Spirit Hall headquarters, and he recognized the uniforms of the Spirit Hall guards. No wonder Ye Keke was so afraid. "It's the Spirit Hall?" Tang Yiran also realized, her expression becoming even more wary.
(End of Chapter)